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This is a copy of a letter written in pencil by Lt Col G.L.G. Gadson ....
I was an officer in a Port Construction and Repair unit of the Royal Engineers and Antwerp was my worst...
My late grandmother Anna Karadima, a taverna owner in Athens, Greece provided shelter to a British soldier...
Celebrations of the feast-day of Jeanne d'Arc, 8 May, 1943 - Senegalese askaris in front of the...
This fellow Gillespie he said there's a doctor in Aldershot who wants to see you, Jimmy McKillop, he...
In March 1943 the Eighth Army's pursuit of the Afrika Korps had halted at the combined obstacles of...
As a result I went on a course at an Army Education College at Bamber Bridge, near Preston... On VE-day we...
Dawn of D-Day As D-Day dawned we were stiff and sore having slept on groundsheets on the floor of the LCT....
In 1940, as an officer in the Essex Regiment, he was billeted with a family named Venville, in the village...
I well remember rather idly watching one of the squadron Crusaders following our ACV.The sergeant tank...
Three pages are devoted to German Propaganda leaflets and this sent me immediately to my Army Album to have...
The crackle of the headphones soon drew a small crowd around the tank and we all listened in amazement to...
Mary Lees was a WAAF stationed at Ford and her best friend Audrey Hirst a WAAF stationed at Tangmere....
I served in North Africa until the war ended and then went to Italy, to Bari, Brindisi and Rome. We were...
Christmas Eve 1944, Unit, Parachute Regiment 8th Battalion — Salisbury Plain. Sergeant said we would...
My father, a stretcher bearer with 1st btn, the Highland Light Infantry, sailed to the Normandy beaches on...
May 1944 Sgt. Fisher was present with the platoon of which he was PI Sgt in an Infantry Battalion defensive...
Young and inexperienced, as we lads were at that time of life, we found the journey interesting and...
Although I was only 11 years old at the time and Reg was older we were great friends and buddies, and spent...
Equipment appeared like magic, hitherto long sought-after essentials were there for the asking, leather...
The Americans had heard rumours that there were some enemy units which wore US uniforms and had US arms and...
He went on to play his part in the D Day Normandy landings on sword beach where he can still remember his...
For those who don't know, William Joyce was a notorious traitor who fled to Germany in August 1939 and...
About three months before D-Day, John and a few of his friends were having a quiet drink in a pub called...
He and his gun were stationed - along with another 18-pounder from the battery - in a farmyard on the...
We then turned the water on, letting it run into the trough across the hot sheets. It took a while to warm...
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